Los Angeles, CA (1/11/25) — SabbaticalHomes.com responded to the massive loss of Los Angeles area homes in both the Eaton and Palisades fires with a call for open housing. The international temporary housing website will provide a discount code waiving the annual Listing Fee and…
We recently had the opportunity to interview Alex Carballo-Diéguez, PhD, a SabbaticalHomes member and retired Columbia University professor and researcher. Throughout his active academic career, he utilized SabbaticalHomes.com to find apartments to stay in when he travelled internationally to attend conferences and give lectures. He also…
We recently interviewed longtime SabbaticalHomes.com member and Harvard University educator Katherine Merseth. She has been called an “Academic Entrepreneur” for her innovative research and teaching methods over her 40+ year career in education. She was also honored as a Harvard Professor of the Year in…
Every year academics travel to other universities, nationally and internationally, as Visiting Scholars. Year after year, Fulbright Awards are one of the most sought-after honors. Fulbright Alumni are a diverse group of accomplished international scholars who study, research, and teach the subjects that improve our…
Coming to the United States as a visiting scholar requires determination and the right connections. While in New York, SabbaticalHomes.com founder Nadege Conger spoke to Suzann-Viola Renninger, a scholar from Universität Zürich who is currently on sabbatical leave in New York at Columbia University. What…
Nadege Conger, the founder of SabbaticalHomes.com, cherishes every opportunity to connect with members from different corners of the world. On a recent trip to Belfast, she had the pleasure of meeting Mari Fitzduff, a distinguished Irish policy maker, writer, and academic. Mari’s rich legacy in peacebuilding has made…
SabbaticalHomes.com founder Nadege Conger recently had the opportunity to experience Egypt on a tour with the Archaeological Institute of America (AIA). It was truly a bucket list trip, a fascinating and educational immersion into part of our shared global history. Seeing these landmarks in person was…
We recently had the opportunity to reconnect with author Alix Christie and her husband, Ludwig Siegele at the historic House of Shields bar (open since 1908) in downtown San Francisco, California. A longtime SabbaticalHomes.com member, Alix and her family have traveled throughout the world and…
This summer, SabbaticalHomes.com founder Nadege Conger had the opportunity to travel back to Venice, Italy. It is such an inspiring place to us that the picture of the San Michele Cemetery Island has long held the honor of being the main image on our website…
Los Angeles, CA (10/21/22) Our SabbaticalHomes.com member surveys in 2020 and 2021 were designed to understand how our academic community was managing personal pandemic challenges and overall work / life balance issues. In 2022, we switched gears and completed a travel focused survey. Travel has always…
